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Astrophysics and Astronomy

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Published in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics in the section Extragalactic Astronomy.

Watson, D. et al., A&A, 418., 459-463, 2004, reproduced with permission, © ESO

Abstract

The high-frequency-peaked BL Lac, MS 0205.7+3509 was observed twice with XMM-Newton. Both X-ray spectra are synchrotron-dominated, with mean 0.2–10 keV fluxes of and  erg cm-2 s-1. The X-ray spectra are well fit by a power-law with absorption above the Galactic value, however no absorption edges are detected, implying a low metallicity absorber () or an absorber with redshift above one (best-fit for an absorber with solar abundances). In either case the absorbing column density must be  cm-2. A new optical spectrum is presented, with a absorption doublet detected at , but no other significant features. The optical spectrum shows little reddening, implying a low dust to gas ratio in the absorber. MS 0205.7+3509 must therefore be viewed through a high column density, low-metallicity gas cloud, probably at and associated with the galaxy that has been shown to be within ´´ of the BL Lac.

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